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Geert Wilders: ‘I’ll clean house’

Geert Wilders, the Dutch far-right politician, followed up his conviction on incitement charges with a pledge to "do some house-cleaning" after spring elections.

"I will fight for all those people, and if possible, to do some house-cleaning in the Netherlands after the elections. As a prime minister," Wilders told De Telegraaf in an interview published Saturday.

It was the first interview with Wilders since he was found guilty of incitement and encouraging discrimination in a speech he made in 2014 about Moroccans. He was given no penalty.

"I have never experienced such unprecedented and overwhelming support," Wilders said.

The Dutch politician heads up the Freedom party (PVV), which leads the ruling VVD party of Prime Minister Mark Rutte in opinion polls. Parliamentary elections will be held in March.